KDSM FOX 17 signed on as KCBR in March 1983. The station is currently owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group in Baltimore, MD.

Central Iowa's only FOX affiliate, KDSM FOX 17 has a broadcast signal that spans a 100 mile radius from our transmitter just north of Des Moines. We are cable channel 6 and are carried on over 220 cable systems in Iowa.

KDSM FOX 17 is currently broadcasting an analog standard definition signal on channel 17 and a digital high definition or upconverted HD signal on 17.1(16).